Orbit pricing.
R99/ month
Per tradesperson. Everything included.
VAT-inclusive pricing confirmed at launch.
Orbit is in development. Join the waitlist and we WhatsApp you when it opens.
Orbit costs R99 per tradesperson per month. It is one plan with everything in it; there is no tiering, no per-invoice fee and no setup cost. Orbit is in development, and joining the waitlist locks founding pricing.
In the plan
Everything Orbit does, for one price.
- Job tracking from WhatsApp — what you did, where, and what you charged
- Draft invoices prepared from the job, ready for you to check and send
- Materials and costs recorded against the job that used them
- A live answer to “who still owes me”
- An end-of-day summary of what the day earned
- Your own price history, per customer and per address
- Records held on the Vyso operations platform, exportable and yours
Not in the first release
And what you would be waiting for.
- Quoting (roadmap)
- Taking payment inside the chat (roadmap)
- Reading photos of slips and delivery notes (roadmap)
- More than one person on one account (roadmap)
- Afrikaans and isiZulu (roadmap)
Listed here rather than in a footnote, because the absence of a feature is a fact a price page owes you before you plan around it.
What it replaces
R99 against a notebook, WhatsApp and a bank statement.
Not against a competitor — against the way most one-person trade businesses actually run today, which is the real alternative.
| Notebook + WhatsApp + bank statement | Orbit | |
|---|---|---|
| Where the job gets written down | A notebook in the bakkie, a photo of a page, or nowhere at all. | One WhatsApp message, sent when the job finishes. |
| When the invoice gets written | An evening, days later, from memory — if the job was big enough to be worth it. | Drafted from the job on the spot; you check it and send it. |
| Small jobs | Often never invoiced, because the admin costs more than the job earns. | Recorded in one line, so a R450 job costs seconds rather than an evening. |
| Materials | Slips in the bakkie, matched to jobs weeks later or not at all. | Told to Orbit as you buy them, held against the job. |
| Knowing who owes you | A bank statement and a memory. | Ask in the chat; the answer comes from your own records. |
| Knowing what you charged last time | A guess, usually low. | A searchable history per customer and per address. |
| What it costs | Nothing up front, and the unbilled work you never noticed. | R99 per tradesperson per month. |
The left column describes a way of working, not a product. Orbit is in development, so the right column describes intent — see the FAQ for what is roadmap and what is planned for the first release.
The waitlist
Nothing is charged today.
Nothing is charged today. Orbit is in development; the waitlist is free, commits you to nothing, and locks founding pricing for the people on it.
There is no free month, no discount code and no trial being offered here, because none has been decided. When there is one, this page will say so.
Billing
Questions about the money.
What does Orbit cost?
R99 per tradesperson per month. VAT-inclusive pricing is confirmed at launch, and founding pricing is locked for people who join the waitlist before Orbit opens.
Does Orbit handle VAT?
Orbit is being built to put VAT on an invoice when you are a VAT vendor and have given it your VAT number. It is not a tax adviser and does not file anything with SARS — your accountant keeps that job.
Will the invoices be valid South African tax invoices?
That is the design intent: a South African tax invoice needs the words "tax invoice", both parties' details, a serial number, the date, a description, the amount and the VAT, and Orbit is being built to carry those fields. Because Orbit is in development, treat that as the specification rather than a claim about a shipped product.
Can customers pay through Orbit?
Not in the first release. Orbit records what has been paid when you tell it, so you get a real debtors list, but taking a card or an EFT inside the chat is on the roadmap.
Is there a contract?
There is nothing to sign today, because Orbit is not open yet. The waitlist costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
When does Orbit launch?
There is no public launch date yet. Orbit is in development; joining the waitlist is how you find out, and we WhatsApp the list before anyone else.
Join the waitlist.
Orbit is being built now. The list is free, it commits you to nothing, and founding pricing is locked for the people on it.